Ezekiel 20:27-29 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 20:27-32

Here the prophet goes on with the story of their rebellions, for their further humiliation, and shows, I. That they had persisted in them after they were settled in the land of Canaan. Though God had so many times testified his displeasure against their wicked courses, ?yet in this (that is, in the very same thing) your fathers have blasphemed me, continued to affront me, that they also have trespassed a trespass against me,? Ezek. 20:27. Note, It is a great aggravation of sin when men will... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:27

Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them ,.... The elders of Israel, Ezekiel 20:1 ; who came in the name of the whole body, and represented them, and by whom the following message is sent unto them; or the prophet by them might speak unto them, as he is ordered: thus saith the Lord God, yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me ; besides what they did in Egypt, and in the wilderness, when they were come into the land of Canaan, such was their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:28

For when I had brought them into the land ,.... Brought them out of Egypt through the wilderness into the land of Canaan, through so many difficulties, by such displays of power, goodness, and truth: for the which I lifted up mine band to give it to them ; which he swore he would give unto them, and which he did, and so fulfilled his word and oath; and which was an instance of his bounty and goodness; and not owing to any merits of theirs; which he did, and so fulfilled his word and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:29

Then I said unto them ,.... By his prophets that he sent unto them: what is the high place where, unto you go ? what is the name of it? what is the use of it? to what end do you go there? is there not an altar built by my order and command to sacrifice upon is this high place better than that? does it answer a better end and purpose? and the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day ; or a high place. The Septuagint also leaves the word untranslated, and calls it Abama; and the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:29

What is the high place - הבמה מה mah habbamah , "what is the high place?" What is it good for? Its being a high place shows it to be a place of idolatry. I called it במה bamah , to mark it with infamy; but ye continue to frequent it, even while it is called במה bamah , to the present day! read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:27

Verse 27 He now descends to the wickedness of the people, by which God was provoked after they had taken possession of the land of Canaan, since they despised God after being so carefully warned. He complains, therefore, that this was very disgraceful, since, after he had put them in possession of the land of promise, they had never desisted from purposely insulting him. This disgrace was intolerable, since he had profited nothing by them in the wilderness: this witnessing was sufficiently... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:28

Verse 28 Hence, after I had brought them into the land for which, or concerning which, I had lifted up my hand to give it them, they saw, says he, every high hill, and every green or branching tree, and there they sacrificed. God wished to have one altar built for himself, and sacrifices to be offered in one place; nay, before the people had any certain and fixed station, God was unwilling that any altar should be built to him of polished stones, that no trace of it should remain; but a mound... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:29

Verse 29 Although there is no ambiguity in the Prophet’s words, yet the sentence seems frigid, and interpreters, in my judgment, have not understood the Prophet’s meaning. It may seem spiritless, that God should ask, what is the high place? But it means that they were not deceived through ignorance, since he had often cautioned them against profaning the true and genuine worship, for he often endeavored to draw them back again when he saw them wandering after their own superstitions. Hence they... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 20:1-32

Unacceptable prayer. The exact date is given as a voucher for truthfulness. The prophet committed to writing at once what had occurred. The people are yet divided by distance—part dwell in Judaea and tart in Chaldea. In a spirit of vain curiosity the eiders of the exiled part approach the prophet to inquire after the destined fortunes and fate of their nation. Had they sought for guidance or help to amend their lives, their prayer had been successful. God does not pander to a spirit of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 20:27-29

God, and Israel in Canaan. "Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God," etc. We have here— I. GREAT KINDNESS GRACIOUSLY CONFERRED . "I had brought them into the land which I lifted up mine hand to give unto them." 1 . The Lord gave Canaan unto them, and brought them into it . "He gave them the lands of the nations; and they took the labour of the peoples in possession" ( Psalms 105:44 ); "And when he had... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 20:27-32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:29

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:29

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:27

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:28

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 20:29

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 20:1-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 20:27-29

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